239 new funding programs were started on ProposalCentral in Q3 2021, marking a record for the platform.

For the second consecutive year, Altum has made the list of NVTC Tech 100 honorees, a roster of cutting-edge companies, executives, innovators, NextGen leaders and rising stars who are driving tech innovation, leading economic growth, and making a positive impact in the region.

Altum is a NISO Voting Member. The company recently joined a NISO working group established to drive peer review taxonomy standardization.

With a computer science degree and experience as a project leader from some of the world’s largest and most recognizable brands (including Amazon, Marriott, and PNC Bank) Ola Alabi is helping to transform how Altum delivers software.

Funding organizations, publishers, and research institutions are increasingly requiring or asking for ORCID iDs from researchers, so this workshop will help you make sure you are ahead of the game.

Use Insights to track the outputs of your awardees as well as the programs they're collaborating on.

The total searchable data set behind Altum Insights is approaching 200 million data points. Nearly 24 million research outputs have been added via Datacite along with 780,000 National Science Foundation Grants and 5.6 million USPTO Patent Applications. 

As of today, three additional funders -- The ALS Association, Children's Tumor Foundation, and the International Anesthesia Research Society -- have completed grant DOI registration on the Altum platform. 

Use Insights to track the outputs of your awardees as well as the programs they're collaborating on.

Use Insights to identify the best funded, most prolific researchers in each topic area so that you can find the top applicants and rising stars for your portfolio.

The company is delighted to announce the winners of its first scholarship program for students of color attending Fairfax County Public Schools in the state of Virginia.

Karen enjoys working at Altum because she’s able to bring in ideas from clients that turn into solutions that help everyone on the platform.  “It’s fulfilling to work on ProposalCentral, because you know that in the end it’s going to help every client.”

Looking for any easy way to make your awards publicly searchable? Use the Public Award Search capability in ProposalCentral.

The American Heart Association is celebrating one year using ProposalCentral. According to the research team at AHA, "Everyone has settled in nicely with the new system – which is more modern and user friendly - and we recently managed over 1,500 fellowship applications through the process with awards starting in the spring."

Stefanie Chernyakov has been with Altum for more than years and has developed deep expertise in the peer review process. Read on to get Stefanie’s best practices for running a great peer review, so that you can identify the right applications that have the strongest potential to contribute to science and accelerate outcomes.

Over the last two years, the number of publication records associated with researcher profiles in ProposalCentral has grown from 100,000 to over 1.2 million. The continued adoption of ORCID by researchers and funders is the primary driver fueling this remarkable growth.

A running list of ProposalCentral announcements can be found here.

Our newest team member, Mike Pelaia is an avid Pittsburgh Steeler fan who also created his own foundation in 2010 to give back to Childrens Hospital Pittsburgh. Read more about his inspiring story and what motivates him.

Use the Pin It feature from the Committee Application Roster to better manage the application discussion in a review meeting.

As ORCID approaches the fifth anniversary of its Trust Program, the team has published a series of blog posts that outline ORCID’s thinking around how to balance the sometimes-competing priorities of researcher control and data quality, while adhering to its values of openness, trust and inclusivity.

Easily import publications resulting from grants to visualize outputs and impact of grants.

On Tuesday, May 9th Altum will release a preview version of new ProposalCentral login screens. The new login experience will be accessible from proposalcentral.com and available for anyone to check out at their convenience.

Want to be able to show grant impact? Make sure you’re getting publication outputs from your awardees as data, not attached files.   

The Melanoma Research Alliance (MRA) became the first funder on ProposalCentral to successfully register all its active awards.

Include ORCID authorization in your post-award deliverables to ensure your awardees have provided the full trust-level needed to update their ORCID records with your awards and to pull in future career data when the grant is over.

A simple deliverable for invention reporting can be scheduled for awards. Just create the deliverable and turn on the invention data form.

Altum Insights is a deep text search and visualization tool that lets grant makers and institutions see the connections and impact of program funding across the entire research lifecycle. Altum Analytics is a data reporting platform that enables grants makers to explore their ProposalCentral funding data and make data-driven decisions.

Company to Award $25,000 in Scholarship Opportunities to Local Underserved Youth and Future Leaders.

Push your ProposalCentral award data to your researchers’ ORCID records to help researchers, institutions, and publishers see the funding data you are providing.

Prestigious international funding organization adopts cloud solution to simplify and accelerate grant making globally

Register your grant DOIs to connect your grants and grantees with published outputs & measure the reach and return of your funding.

The death rate from cancer in the U.S. dropped 2.4% from 2017 to 2018, the biggest single-year decline on record and a sign of the impact of new treatments on lung cancer especially, the American Cancer Society said.

A look into Altum's major accomplishments in 2020.

Congress passed a federal funding bill that included $80 million specially set aside for childhood cancer research programs.

Through a series of rapid TED-style talks, this virtual event will explore the challenges, trends, and best practices that are shaping the research ecosystem in 2021.

Altum has been named a 2020 NVTC Honoree. The annual awards celebrate the most innovative technology companies and top tech executives in the region.

The Health Research Alliance (HRA) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have launched the Reimagine Biomedical Research for a Healthier Future Essay Challenge. The competition is hosted on ProposalCentral.

At Altum, we believe that research is most effective when it’s powered by a community. We share an ambitious vision and an open mindset, and our organization and platform are designed to foster true collaboration and partnerships. 

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and their world.  

Altum has joined Crossref as a sponsoring partner, enabling funding organizations to connect their grants and grantees with published outputs and easily measure the reach and return of their grant making efforts.